Resilient wheel.



E. M. DEALy RESILENT WHEEL. APPLICATION FILYED SEPT. u, 1914.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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ESTN vI. DEAL, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNR TO JOI-lill' JOSEPH BROOKS, GF PH'AlDELPI-IIA, PENNSYLVAN.

RESJIENT WHEEL.

Specificatie oi Lettrs Patent. llltgai'nited, Apr, 18, 1916,

Application flied September 1f?, 1914. Serial No; 862,254.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, ENAN M. DEAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Wheels, of .which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in resilient tires, and it has for its primary object a simple, durable, and eflicient construction of device of this cha 'aeter which will possess all of the advantageous characteristics of thej neumatic tire with its inflatable inner tube, without the accompanying disadvantages, in thatthe device of the present invention does not depend for its resilience upon the com.- pression oic the air within the shoe or casing and an inclosed inflatable inner tube, butk upon an inner filling of cork or some similar substance or material, of novel formation, mounted within thercasing and pressed outwardly against the inner wall thereof by novel and ell'ective means hereinafter described, such means being adjustable inwardly and outwardly in a radial direction whereby the amount of tension on the outer or tread portion of the casing may be varied at will., this construction and arrangement of parts rendering the tire entirely incapable of being rendered defective by any puncture, and obviating entirely the possibility of any blow-outs, asthere is only atmospheric pressure within the casing and no necessity of inliating the same.

A further object of the invention is a tire of this character wherein the filling is preferably formed of cork and'otl arched formation in cross section, whereby there will be an air space within the same, although of atmospheric pressure and not above the same, the inherent characteristics of this cork filler tending to instantly close any puncture, although it is to be understood that a puncture would not put the tire out of commission, for the reasons above stated.

A still further object of the invention is an improved resil'ent tire wherein the filler is pressed outwart ly against the inner wall ofthe shoe or casing by means of a sectional band preferably formed of indurated ber or some other similar impervious and relatively rigid substance, the sections of this band being pressed outwardly against the inner edges of the transversely arched filler by means of adjusting bolts or screws which maybe tightened to the desired extei according to the weight of the car an 4the desired resilience to be obtained, or in view of any other particular requirements or circumstances of the surrounding conditions in hand.

n The invention has for a still further object improved means for holding the inner flanged edges of the outer shoe or casing in place, whereby all liabilty et' accidental displacement or detachment will be eifectually precluded. And the invention also aims to generally improve tires for automobilesor other vehicles, so as to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

.With these and other objects in View, as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain construction, arrangement and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention. reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l isa side elevation of a portion ot a wheel having therein a tire constructed in accordance with the principles and improvements of my invention'. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in all of the views 0i the accompanying drawing by like reference characters.

llr -,ie,i'1iiig to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a shoe or casing which may be of any desired or conventional form or type such as are now commonly in use, said easing being formed at its inner ends with outstanding anuular flanges 2 designed to rest upon the rim 3 and beretained thereon by means of the flanged rings 4 secured in place in the customary manner by clips 5 and transversely extending bolts 6 such as is customary with the rims of the demountable type, for it is to be understood that my invention is applicable for the rims-now in use and does not require any' changes therein or additions thereto. [t is to be particularly noted, however, that my improved rim 3 is not open in the space between the inner ends 2 of the casing 1, but is formed at such point with an outwardly extending annular liange 7,.the side walls of which are dovetailed or under-rut, as at lt will be noted that these under-cut side walls confori'n to and contact with the inner wall ot the casing 1 at the inner ends .5 of the latter, whereby the flanged inner ends 2 are'securely held in position, both as against inward and outward movement, and the shoe or casing is very securely held in place and the possibility of accidental displacement or detachment .positively precluded. This feature alone is an important one and obviously can be used with the ordinary pneumatic tires with their infiatable tubes, as well as with the other improvements of my present invention.

y Mounted within the casing 1 is a filler 9 which is preferably formed of cork or some other similar substance or material, and which is preferably continuous in a circumferential direction. Preferably, the filler i) is of arched formation in cross section, as best illustratedlin Fig. 2, being the segn'ient of a circle, transversely considered, of somewhat more than 18() degrees. At this point it is believed to be well to call [lrticular attention to the fact that the space 1() within this filler 9 contains air at atmospheric pressure and not above atmospheric.

Mounted within the circle of the liller E) is a sectional band l1, preferably formed o'l' indurated fiber or some other substantially in'ipermeable and rigid substance or ma terial, there being in the present instance, one of the sections of the band between every two of the spokes, although it is to be understood that any desired number and length of sections may be used within the purview of my invention.

The sections l] are pressed outwardly, as required, against the inner edges of the filler by means of tension bolts l2, which are mounted for a radial movement and of which,` in the present instance, there are two for each section, being disposed near the ends of the section with lhe clips 5 and bolts (i linterposed between them. The bolts 12 are n'iounted for a threaded engagement in threaded openings lf3 that are formed in the rim 3, and its fillet 7 and the outer ends of the bolts have swivel connection with the sections 'l1 at the middle thereof. ln the present embodiment ol' the invention, the bolts 12 are formed near their outer ends with annular shoulders or eollars '14 which bear against bushings 15 secured in the sections of the band, and a lat nut 1G is secured to the outer extremity ot' the bolts, whereby the bolts will be securely held in proper operative positions relative to the sections but will be permitted to turn l'reely therein, so that as the boltsl are turned in a direction to move them outwardly, they will transmit movement to the sections of the band l1` and the latter will press firmly against the transversely arched filler 9 and the latter in turn against the shoe or easing l whereby the desired resilience will be secured, the same being confined to points extending from the extreme tread surface of the casing to the outer face of the band ll and from that point inwardly the construction being substantially solid and unyi'elding, although adjustable, as required. Preferably jam nuts 17 are threaded on the bolts 12, whereby they may be locked when properly inljusted, and the inner ends of the bolts are provided with heads 18 which arev squared or otherwise non-circular, so that a wrench or similar tool may be easily applied thereto for the purposes of adjustment.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawing, the operation of my improved resilient tire Will be apparent. In the practical use of the tire, it lwill be clearly understood that the bolts l2 are adjusted outwardly in a radial direction, whereby the sections of the ring` 11 will be forced outwardly against the cork' filler J and the latter in turn pressed outwardly as required, against the casing 1. Thus, all liability of blow-outs is positively precluded and all danger from punctures obviated, while at the same time the tire will possess resilience and give to the automobile or other vehicle., to the wheels of which tires of this construction are applied, easy riding qualities. Another very important advantage of this construction and arrangement of parts obviously resides in the fact that the shoe or casing can be worn down to practically nothing without det-racting from the serviceability of the tire, as the air within the cork iiller 9 is of atn'iospherie pressure, as above stated, and all possibility of blow-outs is precluded.

lVhile the accompanying drawing illustrates what l believe to be the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto, but that various changes may be made in the construction, arrangement and proportions of the parts without departing from thescope of the invention as defined in the appended claim. Vhat is claimed, is: The combination with the rim of a Wheel, a casing secured thereto, of a cork filler continuous in a circumferential direction mounted within the casing and of arched forn'iation in cross section and being the segment of a circle in cross section of more than a sectional band mounted Within the casing inwad'ly ofthe filler and adapt- In testimony whereof I'hereuntoax my l to. press against the1 idehed'ges of ythe signature in the presence of two witnesses.

er, and means carrie y t e rim operatively engaged with. each of the sections of EAN M' 5 the band for pressing the sections of the Witnesses;

band outwardly in a radial direction against JAMES BARR, y the filler. D. GARRIsoN GLALLING. 

